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How to address spiritual gatekeeping in healing communities

Our community healing circle has been meeting for years but lately there's tension because some members think others aren't taking the spiritual protocols seriously enough, while those accused feel judged and excluded. The space that used to feel sacred now feels charged with unspoken resentments.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Sacred space is being poisoned by hierarchies of spiritual purity and belonging.

Ideas that help explain it
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